Patsy Newitt

The share of practices owned by hospitals, health systems or other corporate entities surged from 39% to 59% between 2019 and 2023 alone. Physician employment by those same entities climbed from 62% to 78% over the same period, according to…

Running a fixed-price ASC is less a billing innovation than an operational discipline, according to Tom Valentine, the new president of Zionsville, Ind.-based WellBridge Surgical. Mr. Valentine, who joined the free-market ASC May 1 after roughly two months of preparatory…

Linwood, N.J.-based Connolly Dermatology offices across New Jersey, the Philadelphia area and Delaware have shuttered after employees say the practice stopped paying its staff, NBC Philadelphia reported May 28. Workers at many of the practice’s more than 30 locations stopped…

Gastroenterologists are among the highest-paid physicians in the country, pulling in an average of $530,000 in 2025, but a new Medscape survey suggests the paycheck doesn’t always match the pressure.  Nearly half of gastroenterologists say they don’t feel fairly compensated…

Basheer Alismail has built partnerships the hard way and learned what breaks them. As president of Capital Surgical Solutions, he oversees MSO operations, from ASC development to physician practice management.  Mr. Alismail joined Becker’s to discuss why transparency about a…

Many physicians are bound by noncompete agreements that can lock them out of entire regions, sometimes blocking access to dozens of hospitals at once.  “Noncompetes and the way that they’re used serve as a blanket restrictive covenant for physicians when…

From burn centers to labor and delivery units, hospitals and health systems across the country are pulling back on services, and in some cases, inpatient care entirely.  At least six facilities have announced closures or conversions in the last months,…

Health systems are entering the ASC space at a rapid pace, but many are arriving with the wrong playbook.  According to Steve Hockert, Southlake, Texas-based ASC developer Solara, the cultural and structural assumptions that health systems carry into joint ventures…

For most ASC administrators, getting a major commercial payer to return a phone call about contract negotiations is a victory in itself. Getting two of the country’s largest insurers to sign off on a fundamentally different pricing structure altogether is…

Arlington, Va.-based Privia Health has entered New Jersey, its 25th state, through a partnership with Neurology Group of Bergen County, a practice with 25 adult and pediatric clinicians, according to a May 27 news release. The group will serve as…